This black and white photo from a Maury County Sheriffs Department report shows a Polaris RZR ATV that rolled over with two occupants about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Hampshire Pike. (Staff photo by Tim Hodge)

Two separate wrecks involving recreational vehicles caused three people to be airlifted to Nashville during a mostly sunny but hectic weekend for local police and firefighters, a Maury County Fire Department official said.

Pleasant weather usually coincides with an uptick in accidents with those types of vehicles, MCFD District 1 Chief Richard Schatz said.

“When the weather gets nicer, the ATV and the motorcycle traffic picks up, Schatz said. “ … We typically run a significant number of motorcycle accidents this time of year.”

Ragan R. McFall, 20, and Michael D. Moore, 56, both of Columbia, were airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center after the Polaris RZR ATV they were riding in flipped, according to a Maury County Sheriffs Department incident report.

The accident occurred about 8:30 p.m. Sunday in the 2600 block of Hampshire Pike, according to the report.

A Vanderbilt spokesperson said both patients were treated and released Monday morning. Efforts to reach McFall and Moore were unsuccessful.

“On arrival I came in contact with one female (Ragan McFall) laying on her belly that was several feet from the atv,” the officer’s narrative read. “There was a male (Michael Moore) that was laying next to the atv with his feet under the atv on the passenger side.”

Both subjects were awake and complaining of back pain, according to the report. The two injured people told the officer that the ATV rolled on top of Moore.

A person on the scene said Moore and McFall were helping recover a stuck four-wheeler and went to retrieve a cable and jumper cables. The woman said McFall was driving, and Moore was a passenger at the time of the wreck, according to the report. She told the officer that she did not see the accident.

Schatz said it was estimated the occupants were traveling about 40 mph through an open field.

“For unknown reasons, they flipped,” Schatz said. “They were both ejected from it and received injuries,”

Two and a half hours later, a husband and wife were involved in a motorcycle accident on Campbellsville Pike, Schatz said. Each was driving a motorcycle about 11 p.m. Sunday and wrecked near the intersection with Melissa Drive.

Schatz said he could not release the names of those involved. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

The husband was listed in critical condition Sunday and was airlifted to VUMC. The wife was in stable condition, but Schatz said he was unsure if she was taken to Maury Regional Medical Center or refused treatment.

“We encourage the public to be cognizant of the motorcycle riders out there and to take the extra time to look for motorcyclists before pulling out on the roadways,” Schatz said.

MCFD firefighters also responded to another rollover crash that required one person to be extricated from a vehicle and airlifted to VUMC.

The department received a call about 7:30 p.m. Saturday reporting a wreck involving entrapment near Enterprise and Dry Creek roads in Mt. Pleasant.

A pickup truck was towing a Ford Explorer SUV with a passenger riding in it. Schatz said he could not confirm the cause of the wreck but initial reports indicated the person driving in the Explorer hit the brakes causing the pickup to lose control.

“It appears that they were going too fast, and something caused the SUV to roll several times and struck some trees,” Schatz said. “The patient was entrapped in the Explorer and had to be extricated and was then flown to Vanderbilt in critical condition.”

Schatz said he believes the person driving the pickup truck was not injured.

MCSD Capt. Jimmy Tennyson said Tennessee Highway Patrol worked the motorcycle and the Mt. Pleasant wrecks. A THP spokesperson was unable to provide any additional information on Monday.

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